General Information

Flexible flight instrument for fixed installation

The ICflyDisplay brings the artificial horizon of the ICflyAHRSII into the cockpit. The sunlight-readable touchscreen guarantees a clear representation even in direct sunlight, as well as a simple usability. All settings are configurable via an intuitive menu operated by a high-feedback rotary encoder.

The device mode can be selected within the integraded setup menu:

Horizon with pressure, position and speed data are displayed in real time

The ICflyDisplay has 2 ICflyBus connectors that supply operating voltage and horizon- / motordata. It can be added to an existing ICfly-System easily. It is possible to operate two or more devices in a row on the same bus.

Configuration Files

The features described in this chapter are available since firmware version 1.00.

A soon as the ICflyDisplay has been started once, with microSD-card inserted, initial configuration files are stored on the card. To modify the files, remove the microSD-card from the ICflyDisplay and open the files with a text-editor on a computer. The card-socket is a push & push type. So to remove the card, you have to push it inwards first. The microSD-card should contain the config-files mentioned above. Their structure and influence on the configuration of the ICflyDisplay is described below.

It contains the aircraft's speed limits. Editing the values in this file results in changing the speed limits displayed in the horizon view. Refer to the Datasheet for more information about the speed limits

It contains all settings of the serial interfaces of the ICflyDisplay. Editing the values in the upper half of the file changes the baud rates of the serial interfaces. The lower half of the file selects the data sources for horizon- and motor-view. The displayed configuration sets all baud rates to 230400, the sources for horizon- and motor-data to Up1 and Up2. Please notice, that only the listed values are valid.

It contains all general settings of the ICflyDisplay. Here the QNH-value, the display-brightness and the start window can be modified. Start Window means the mode, the display starts operating in (0 -> horizon view, 1 -> motor view).

Every Instrument is generated by one line of definitions in the config-file. Every line consists of semicolon-separated values without space characters. Refer to the column generated by in the table above to see the structure needed for each type of instrument.
The abbreviations stand for the following:

Abbreviation

Meaning

t

type of the instrument; 1 -> basic, 2 -> progress bar, 3 -> round

n

name of the instrument; only the given possible names for the corresponding type are allowed

v

visibility of the instrument; 1 -> visible, 0 -> not visible

px

position of the instrument in x-direction

py

position of the instrument in y-direction

ming

minimum value of the green region of the instrument (only type 1&2, red below this value)

maxg

maximum value of the green region of the instrument (only type 1&2, red above this value)

Normally you do not have to define instruments by yourself. The MotorView.txt-file contains one instrument for every data channel of the ICflyMotorbox 912. Some instruments are just set invisible. To personalize the motor view, simply make the required instruments visible by setting their v-value to 1 and place them in the desired location on the screen by setting the px- and py-values accordingly. The origin (0/0) of the coordinate system is located in the lower left corner of the screen.